After Yuki Bhambri got over the initial hiccups with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Finn Tearney, Ramkumar came out blazing with his big serves and explosive forehands on a slow court to record a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 victory over the seasoned Jose Statham in the second singles

Prehistoric rock art found

An important prehistoric rock art site has been spotted in the foothills of the Ambukuthi hills in Kerala

The site has been discovered by independent researcher,writer & national award-winning filmmaker OK Johnny,whose efforts had earlier attracted leading historians & archaeologists to the Edakkal Caves

The Stone Age carvings are rare & are the only known examples from south India

Britain may lose Northern Lights by 2050

Scientists at University of Reading in the UK conclude that plummeting solar activity will shrink the overall size of the Sun’s atmosphere by a third and weaken its protective influence on the Earth by 2050.

This could make the Earth more vulnerable to technology-destroying solar blasts & cancer-causing cosmic radiation.

The study was published in Scientific Reports.

India and Italy sign in rail sector

The Union Ministry of Railways has signed an MoU with an Italian Firm Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group for technical cooperation in rail sector & safety.

The MoU was signed between Shri Vinod Kumar,ED of Railway Board on behalf of Ministry of Railways and Shri Renato Mazzoncini,CEO of FS Group.

FS Italiane Group has branches in more than 60 countries.

Volcanic activity on Mars

Scientists have uncovered evidence of at least 2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars, by analysing a meteorite from the planet.

Shield volcanoes and lava plains formed from lava flowing over long distances, similar to the Hawaiian Islands.

The largest Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, is nearly 27.3 km high. That is almost triple the height of Earth’s tallest volcano, Mauna Kea at 10 km.